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NEW RINGGOLD — State police at Frackville investigated a crash that occurred about 2 p.m. Saturday on Route 895, Summer Valley Road, at the intersection with Red Dale Road in East Brunswick Township.

Police said Christopher M. Kelly, 49, of Birdsboro, was driving a 2007 Toyota Sienna was driving east on Route 895 and stopped for a vehicle that was turning left onto Red Dale Road.

Then, an unidentified driver failed to see the stopped Kelly vehicle and ran into the back of it. Police said both vehicles went off he road and the unidentified driver fled the area on River Road.

The vehicle is described as being a small, light blue sedan, possibly a Chevrolet Cruz, and that it should have front end damage, police said.

Kelly and his four passengers — Mary L. Kelly, 49; Kaitlyn N. Kelly, 18; a 9-year-old girl; and an 8-year-old boy, all of Birdsboro — all escaped injury, police said.

Anyone with information on the identity of the hit and run driver is asked to call troopers at 570-874-5300.

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